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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, October 3, 1968
Read the report!
Today the majority report of the StudentFaculty Committee on University Governance is printed in the Daily Kansan.
The main result of the report will be to establish a Student Senate in place of All Student Council and to integrate the Student Senate into the University Senate.
The report includes the specific recommendations concerning the organization of the University Senate, listings of the present and recommended memberships of both the faculty and student representation and the committee's general recommendations on non-tenured faculty, the Chancellor's committees, department representation, academic misconduct and the University and society.
Although the report is long, it is imperative for every KU student to read it all.
There has been complaint since the preliminary report was first released two weeks ago that the report and its recommendations were the result of minority pressure.
Voice was the cause of the whole thing, runs a trend of thought. The committee was formed because of complaints from Voice last spring and the average student had nothing to do with it.
If the recommendations of the report are passed by the ASC, the Faculty Senate and the University Senate, the report could have much
effect on all the students of KU, both present and future.
Even if student representation on the University Senate doesn't have immediate and recognizable effects on the University, the implications of the move to let students have voting rights in University governance does.
If the recommendations are passed, KU will be one of the few universities in the United States to have significant student voice in its governance. This, in the future, could change the whole structure of education.
Perhaps, you as a student don't think students should have this power or this representation. Perhaps you think the trend toward student voice and power in universities is wrong.
Then read the report. And after that tell your ASC representative what you think. Or else tell a faculty member.
Perhaps you think the majority report, as it now stands, is incomplete. The minority report, with its recommendations of 50 per cent student representation and all University Senate members being elected by their constituency, seems to be a more significant plan to you.
Then read the report. And express your views to your ASC representative or a faculty member.
But whatever you do, read it.
Alison Steimel
Editorial Editor
Letters to the Editor
New left; football
To the Editor:
In an open letter I would like to comment upon an incident that seriously disturbed me. For several years the "New Left" has been expounding ideals and calling for social changes, many of which I readily accept. Although I have not adopted the mode of dress nor hairstyle of this group, I have often expressed my support of their views. One of the major concepts of the "New Left" is the idea that an individual not be judged on his appearance, but that he be judged on his merits. I certainly expect, then, be judged by that group not on my appearance, but on the ideas I believe in.
My protest concerns the following exchange, which occurred on the KU campus between me and a volunteer member of the Student Peace Movement. On Monday, September 16, I approached the Peace table in the Union to obtain a "Ban the Bomb" button displayed there. I also hoped to obtain some information about my draft status. The student behind the table had long hair and the expected dress. I was dressed in a V-neck sweater, jeans, and loafers without socks. In essence, the following dialogue ensued:
Me: I would like a button.
Peace Volunteer: Uh huh,
sure.
M: Uh, how much are they?
We exchanged tokens.
PV: There it is. (Indicating a myriad of pamphlets and articles.)
M: Is this alright? (Picking an article called "Channeling.")
M: I also need some draft information.
V. That's just right for you.
The student's lack of helpfulness gave me a feeling of rejection. This emotion was reinforced when I discovered that the article was pro-selective service. At no time did I feel any indication of willingness to communicate or a chance of future involvement.
PV: That's just right for
My plea is that I be judged on the basis that the "hippy" or "yippy" group demands. Speaking directly to the "New Left," I wish to be judged not on my
social associations or appearance, but rather on my beliefs and ideals. I desire a chance for acceptance, judged by the same standards that you demand. Next time you see me in a suit, sweater, cut-offs, or work shirt, talk with me. You may be surprised to find that much of what you believe I also believe
Senior Passed Ben
Ken C. Muller
Kansas City senior
Dear Editor:
Recently, as I was rummaging through some papers in a dust laden trunk, I chanced upon an ancient (1967) almanac. And as I leafed through the moss-covered pages I was chagrined to discover that KU has never been the sole football champion of the Big Eight. (Oklahoma, perish the thought, was able to tie us in 1946 and 1947). And we have had only one meager bowl appearance to our credit, one which we lost to Georgia Tech in 1948 in the Orange Bowl.
I think it's time we got under those lights again. This can be the year of the Swooping Hawk if everyone supports our team full-time, in and out of classes. Who knows, we may ever see a
SAIGON-Le Duc Tho, of the North Vietnamese delegation to the Paris talks on Hubert H. Humphrey's bombing halt proposal:
"Candidates often make nice statements and when elected do something completely different."
Quotes
WASHINGTON—Rep. Albert Watson, R-S.C., describing a group of hippies and yippies appearing at a hearing of the House Un-American Activities Committee:
"Down our way we could scrub them up in a hurry and the police wouldn't have to do it."
WASHINGTON—Sen. Everett M. Dirksen, R-III., commenting on the tenure of Chief Justice Earl Warren during Senate debate on his proposed replacement. Abe Fortas:
"There's nothing in the world to keep him from putting on his hat and walking out."
twentieth anniversary, reincarnated Jayhawk team on January 1.
Sincerely.
David Radd
Idaho Falls, Idaho, Sophomore
Tyranny of minority
Opinion forum
By ALAN T. JONES
Assistant Managing Editor
Leaders of a student activist group have called the student majority at the University of Kansas the "idiot masses" and have demanded 50 per cent representation in all decisions affecting the University.
While honoring the right of free speech granted these leaders, this reporter and great many other members of the "idiot masses" resent the designation and question the ability of those leaders to effectively govern a university.
James Madison, in the Federalist Papers, wrote of his fear of the tyranny of a minority over the majority. This seems to be the exact fear members of the "idiot masses" should be feeling today. Is Peoples Voice really the voice of the people? Or just a group of wild-eyed radicals who see social injustices and can fight them only by insulting a large number of students from whom they eventually must draw support to correct these injustices.
The greatest number of social corrections have been made with no violence, no bloodshed, from within the establishment which these so-called leaders so openly abhor. Those who have chosen to fight injustice by meeting it head-on in total conflict with established modes of action have usually fallen by the wayside. Granted, a few have attained their goals but ended their lives in almost total seclusion.
In the end all have had to compromise in order to attain their goals. It is quite apparent that the leaders of Peoples Voice will not accept compromise offered to them. During the confrontation with University officials last spring the administration went more than halfway to meet the demands of this group. A committee set at that time to examine the possibility of more student voice in University government has written some interesting, revolutionary and possibly workable suggestions to allow students to work in the administration.
Peoples Voice said last week this is not enough. What will be enough? Maybe if we appoint a Peoples Voice leader as Chancellor the problem will be solved.
That should certainly pacify the group. However, this would mean that group of at most 500 would be forcing its will on more than 15,000 students who evidently are against the ideals supported by Peoples Voice or simply ignore the minor rumblings of the dissident minority.
With a large supply of causes in America today, ranging the gamut of social injustice, Peoples Voice has chosen to joust with the windmill called Strong Hall.
Education is a discipline and if a person cannot accept the discipline set down by the leaders in education he does not deserve the privilege to dictate disciplines to others who disagree with him.
"What eez zee matter? You order zee chef's special—ZEES eez zee chef's special!"
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